Cross explained that moving the meeting back 30 minutes would be a compromise, where essential county workers in the building who work in security, the clerk’s office and elsewhere would not need to stay too late while more residents might be able to make the later time.

Without debate, the commission opted to move the motion to the Human Resources committee, where it will be debated and likely moved back to the full board for a final vote. This appears to be because changing meeting times could change county employees, including having to work overtime if a meeting runs long. Commissioner Charles Nash currently chairs the committee, with commissioner Rillastine Wilkins as vice-chair.

The next Human Resources committee meeting will be February 5 at 3:30 in the commission chambers at the Kobza Hall of Justice.

Commissioner Mahoney assured Cross during Monday’s meeting that the issue would not be dropped; Cross previously suggested at the board’s 2013 organizational meeting the issue was quietly dropped in 2012 without debate.